FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 24, 2022CONTACT: William Parke-Sutherland, Health Policy Analyst wparkesutherland@kidsforward.org, 608.285.2314 Download as pdf The following is a response by Michele Mackey, Kids Forward’s Chief Executive Officer, regarding today’s Supreme Court ruling. Today’s extreme Supreme...
Thirty-four Groups Urge Governor to Veto Restrictions on Public Assistance
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 23, 2022CONTACT: William Parke-Sutherland, Health Policy Analyst wparkesutherland@kidsforward.org, 608-720-9405 Download as PDF Thirty-four Wisconsin organizations sent Governor Evers a letter...
Report Shows Support for Eliminating Fines and Fees and Improving Community Supervision within Youth Justice System
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEDate: March 7, 2022 CONTACT:Genevieve Caffrey, UW-Madisongcaffrey@wisc.edu Erica Nelson, Kids ForwardENelson@kidsforward.org Ann McCullough, Youth Justice Wisconsinyouthjusticewi@gmail.com Download as pdf A new report shows that fines and fees within the youth justice system do not offset the cost of youth...
Bills Scapegoating People on BadgerCare will not Improve the Workforce
Republican state legislators have proposed two bills they claim will strengthen Wisconsin’s workforce, but taking away health care from Wisconsinites struggling to get by will make our state sicker not stronger. These changes will create more barriers that make it harder and more complicated for...
Report Shows Lessons Learned from COVID-19 Make it Possible to Safely Reduce Youth Incarceration
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:February 9, 2022 CONTACT:Erica Nelson, Kids Forwardenelson@kidsforward.org | 608-285-2314 Ann McCullough, Youth Justice Wisconsinyouthjusticewi@gmail.com | 608-285-2314 Download as PDF “COVID-19 and Youth Justice in Wisconsin: What Are We Learning?”[1] shows how the youth justice system may be changing for the...
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COVID-19 and Youth Justice in Wisconsin: What Are We Learning?
In the year since we published “The Impact of COVID-19 on Youth Justice in Wisconsin: What Does It Tell Us About the Future?,” a variety of articles and reports have been released affirming the findings and recommendations presented in that 2021 report. The publications frame the pandemic as a way to examine factors related to racial...
Updates on Racial Equity Analyses in Wisconsin Shares and YoungStar
Download the the full report in PDF Introduction This report adds 2020 data from the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families (DCF), which validates key findings from the previous Baseline Report, and provides a snapshot of a part of Wisconsin’s early care and education (ECE) systems during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic....
Overview of Build Back Better Health Care and Coverage Provisions
Download as pdf The Build Back Better legislation would dramatically increase access to health care and coverage for millions of people throughout the nation. It would spur a historic reduction in child poverty and a marked decrease in child hunger. It also would provide affordable, quality health coverage to millions of uninsured...
Race to Equity – Rock County: Addressing Disparities to Build a Foundation for Racial Equity
The focus of this work has been to uplift the voices, experiences, and expertise of residents, leaders, and stakeholders in Rock County, and to promote greater awareness and understanding of racial and ethnic disparities here, as well as the systemic and structural racism that is at the root of inequities. Our goal for this report is to...
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